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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
FCC Chair Brendan Carr announces a voluntary campaign for broadcasters to celebrate the United States' 250th birthday by airing patriotic content — FCC chairman Brendan Carr's Pledge America campaign suggests that TV and radio stations air PSAs or begin their days with the Pledge of Allegiance .
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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
California AG Rob Bonta says his office will give Netflix and Paramount bids for WBD a full and robust review; Netflix says 13-14 state AGs are probing the deal — Bonta's statement on Friday underscored another element in the regulatory road for the merger: state attorneys general …
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CNBC:
James Cameron blasts Netflix's proposed acquisition of WBD, in a letter to Senator Mike Lee, calling it “disastrous for the theatrical motion picture business”
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Bloomberg:
Ted Sarandos says a winning Netflix bid for WBD would lead to more films in theaters because Netflix would distribute its films via WBD's distribution system
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Cord Cutters News, The Streamable, Puck, @business, Forbes, The Wrap, Bloomberg, Bloomberg, Observer, Business Insider, What's on Netflix, Benzinga and World of Reel
Rohan Goswami / Semafor:
In a letter, six Democratic senators ask David Ellison to save communications with Trump, his family, lobbyists, and the DOJ about Paramount's pursuit of WBD
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Deadline, Variety, StreamTV Insider, CinemaBlend, Screen Rant, Dow Jones Newswires, Screen, The Wrap and The Hollywood Reporter
John Williams / The Atlantic:
Newspaper executives' emphasis on reader data doesn't serve subscribers who look to editorial staff to guide them to potential new areas of interest — The editor of the recently scrapped Book World believes in serving subscribers, not data. — What does it mean to subscribe to something?
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Poynter, @parul_sehgal, SPLICETODAY.com and @jonathanslaght.com
Elizabeth Lopatto / The Verge:
By partnering with betting markets, news organizations undercut themselves by effectively endorsing competitors and opening audiences up to ripoffs by insiders — Additionally, Polymarket will effectively pay “a cohort of creators,” including Matt Yglesias, to use its data though the newsletter platform's pilot sponsorships program.
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Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:
Substack announces new tools to help writers use Polymarket data and adds Polymarket to its sponsorship pilot, prompting questions from some journalists — Predictions market Polymarket and Substack are now “exclusive,” the companies announced. And the relationship getting serious is raising a few eyebrows.
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
How Alan Dershowitz's petition to seek review of his CNN libel suit threatens NYT v. Sullivan, which Dershowitz argues should only apply to government officials — Alan Dershowitz was present at the creation of New York Times v. Sullivan. Now he is asking the Supreme Court to revise or destroy it.
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SCOTUSblog and Townhall
Gene Maddaus / Variety:
The MPA has sent a cease-and-desist letter to ByteDance, demanding it add safeguards against infringement on Seedance 2.0 and stop AI training on studios' IP — The Motion Picture Association urged ByteDance on Friday to stop copyright infringement on its Seedance 2.0 AI platform …
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Axios, The Hollywood Reporter and Deadline
Charlotte Klein / New York Magazine:
How Will Lewis grew isolated from the WaPo newsroom, business side, and Jeff Bezos as he outlined big ideas without clear strategies for their implementation — When Will Lewis arrived at the Washington Post in January 2024, he was received as a potential redeemer.
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@ryuspaeth.bsky.social, @bananapeele, @gbrockell.bsky.social and @sarahscire
Marina Adami / Nieman Lab:
Editors and freelance journalists say AI has brought more productivity, increased expectations of speed, a need for more vetting, and sometimes job-loss fears — One freelancer said he's been offering editors access to his Google Docs version histories as evidence that he does the writing himself.
Discussion:
Simon Owens's Media Newsletter and Kaitlyn Arford on LinkedIn
Ashley Belanger / Ars Technica:
After backlash, Microsoft deleted a blog post written in November 2024 that critics said encouraged developers to pirate Harry Potter books to train AI models — Following backlash in a Hacker News thread, Microsoft deleted a blog post that critics said encouraged developers …
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Only 11 out of 131 ABC-audited UK magazines grew their actively purchased print sales in 2025, including Harper's Bazaar, The Spectator, and The Week Junior — Full breakdown of UK print magazine sales risers and fallers in 2025. — Only 11 UK magazines grew their actively-purchased print sales in 2025 …
James Hibberd / The Hollywood Reporter:
After a backlash, AMC opts out of screening an AI short film during its pre-show, programmed by ad company Screenvision, before feature films — AMC has opted out of screening the award-winning short film during its third-party programmed pre-show, and it's unclear if other chains will follow suit.
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